Happy Fall Ya'll.... I just wanted to say that. I think its funny.
It is finally here FOR REAL! Pumpkins are starting to appear by doorsteps, and you can now set out your fall decorations without me silently making fun of you. Personally, I think people get a little 'gun ho' about the whole Autumn season. I LOVE the Fall, but I cannot stand starting it too early. People were so excited to wear their sweaters, but in the afternoon it was still close to 80 degrees. Just chill people, the chilly fall weather will get here, just usually not until after September.
Growing up, I was told that Autumn was MY season. The coordinating colors compliment my copper hair and pale skin perfectly. Now that it is finally October, bring out the boots, sweaters, and pumpkins. It seems that Fall comes with the best outfits, recipes, and crafts.
We made some pumpkin chocolate chip bread to celebrate this past week. We followed
this recipe and it did not disappoint!
Anything pumpkin flavored just screams Autumn! I really want to try
this pumpkin flavored creamer in hot chocolate here soon when the nights get even colder!
OOOoooo!! and look at
these black dipped caramel apples!
Sometimes I wished I loved to cook and bake. I want to create beautiful/fun things, but I dislike being in the hot kitchen and cleaning up my mess afterwards. It is stressful to cook things just knowing the mess that I am creating. Somebody should just bake my cakes for me, I will do the decorating.
Now on to the crafts!
I found a cute tutorial to create some leaf covered jars. Here are mine. In the evening they are beautiful because I put a candle in the jars and the autumn colors are accented.
I just used dollar store leaves, modge podge, and jars for the project. Super easy and super cheap.
My favorite creation as of late is my Halloween wreath. I didn't want your typically orange and black wreath with the witches shoes sticking out. I went with purple, and a touch of orange to brighten it up.
I don't really like 'scary' Halloween, but I didn't want some witch or ghost wildly grinning at me either in this project. This wreath did it perfectly for me though. The small accent "trick or treat" was spooky enough, and adding some dollar store flowers, and ribbon made the wreath 'sophisticatedly wicked', instead of gory and scary. Don't mind my nasty door. Someday my door will be beautiful... (someday is a long ways off)
And now of course, a tribute to my bestie, Madison. She is now 10 months, crawls, pulls up on everything, and LOVES to jump in her crib. She goes to sleep all festive in her fox pajamas! Poor girl may not get a costume this year because the only event we would wear it to is the ward party, which Jordan will be gone at a conference for. It doesn't seem worth the work to create a costume for nothing.
The video isn't anything special, I just wanted to show off her cute Fall pajamas. My baby is the best though.
